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VISUAL ARTS BY ALEX V. CIPOLLE WALK THE WALK Two public art projects are coming to the Whiteaker O n a stretch of wall overlooking a gravel lot in the Whiteaker, grimy layers of graffiti and tags have built up, offering non-sequitors like “You glad football is almost over?” and “RIP Crisco.” By July, that wall will be a community mural. The Whit neighborhood, long known for its offbeat artistic chops, is about to get a whole lot artsier. Two projects are taking shape: The 2016 CarPark Mural Project and the Whiteaker Art Walk. The Whiteaker Community Art Team (WCAT) is working with the Whiteaker Community Council (WCC) to beautify the Whiteaker CarPark South at 5th Alley and Blair Boulevard with a mural and they are actively looking for artists. GALLERIES LAST FRIDAY ART WALK Wander the Whit this Friday for the neighborhood Last Friday Art Walk. Most venues are open from 5:30-8pm or later. Some offer live music and refreshments. Bohemia Apothecary & Tea of Life Works by Anna Helena Jackson & Ala Amundson. 950 W. 5th John Meyers Studio Last Friday film screening: William Eggleston: In the Real World. 385 W. 2nd Ninkasi “Inner Lace” by Carolyn Quinn. 272 Van Buren Oakshire Brewing “Come True!” by Dacé Whiteley. 207 Madison The Wandering Goat “I Drank Wine Out of The Moon for 9 Days & Here’s What Happened” by Bonesaw & Isa Frogs. 268 Madison BRING “Experiments & Collections” by Marilyn Kent. 4446 Franklin Jamarosa Art Gallery Works by Barry LaVoie. 326 Main, Spfd Broadway Commerce Center Paintings & sculptures by Kayla Byrne. 44 W. Broadway Jazz Station Works by Keith Munson. 124 W. Broadway Claim 52 @ Abbey Photographs by Thomas Moser. 418 A Claim 52 Brewing Blunt Graffix Studio Art Show. 1030 Tyinn Cowfish A group show featuring artists from The Parlour Tattoo. 62 W. Broadway David Joyce Gallery “Taking Flight: A Visual Voyage,” highlighting Eugene Airport’s iconic “flying people.” LCC campus Ditch Projects Works by Julian Rogers & Peter Burr. 303 S. 5th, Spfd Dot Dotson’s “Wanderings” by Lynn Dean. 1668 Willamette Emerald Art Center “Clayarchitexture” by David Lloyd Warren & “Travels in Tones of Grey” by Alana Feldman. 590 Main, Spfd Eugene Public Library “Places in My Heart” by Barbara Weinstein. 100 W. 10th Whiteaker Tattoo Collective Illuminated Botanicals by Violette & Rose w/Sharden Killmore’s Dead Fly Art, live music by Saffron & Sandy Ego. 245 Van Buren Eugene Springfield Art Project Love notes. 240 Main, Spfd OPENING Excelsior Works by Marilyn Odland, Ellen Morrow, Samantha Hickman & Margaret Godfrey. 754 E. 13th McMillan Studio Works by Patti Lomont, Karen Russo, Mara Friedman, Roka Walsh & Shannon Weber, 10am-5pm Saturday, April 30. 2106 McMillan CONTINUING A-3 Works by Brynna Hendrick. 615 Main American Institute of Architects “People’s Choice Awards,” showcasing outstanding architecture & landscape architecture projects. 44 W. Broadway The Arts Center “3 Narratives” by Larry Calkins, Georgianna Nehl & Liisa Rahkonen. 700 SW. Madison, Corvallis Backstreet Gallery Works by John Leasure & Caroline Estill. 1421 Bay, Florence Barn Light East Paintings by Liza Burns. 924 Willamette Blue Buffalo Works by Josh Newbold. 331 Main 24 The wall section of the carpark is wood-paneled and runs 43-feet-long by 10-feet-tall. Interested artists must apply by 7 pm Thursday, May 5, and a muralist will be announced May 13. With a grant from the city of Eugene, the artist will receive a budget of $3,000. “The mural is going up in the CarPark South, which is one of three new parking lots that the Whiteaker Community Council has been leasing in order to respond to resident complaints that the booming commercial area of Blair and Van Buren has been drawing a lot of car traffic,” says Emily West, a board member of WCC and liaison to WCAT. “The carparks were initially meant to respond to that,” West continues. “People wanted more than just more parking for visitors. They really want the visitors to know something about our community when they visit us.” Long term, West says, she hopes the carparks will become community green spaces and venues for pop-up art studios. “We would love for it to be community-oriented, capture the vibe, reflect on the spirit of the Whit,” adds Sarah Bush, a volunteer spearheading the Euphoria Chocolate Landscapes & dream-inspired pieces by Lucilla Butler. 946 Willamette Fairbanks Gallery “Transitory Surface” by Michael Boonstra. OSU, Corvallis Gallery Calapooia Works by Lauren Wingert. 222 1st, Albany Growler Underground Paintings by Patti McNutt. 521 Main, Spfd Gilt+Gossamer Work by Megan Ingram. 873 Willamette Giustina Gallery “Loosely Bound: A Ten Tear Creative Journey” by Nancy Bryant & Cheryl Jordan. OSU, Corvallis Karin Clarke Gallery Group show featuring recent work by Bets Cole, Tallmadge Doyle, Adam Grosowsky, Lynn Ihsen Peterson, Robert Schlegel & others; ends April 30. 760 Willamette Keven Craft Rituals Works by Keven Erika Fortner, Joslyn Alana, Jovie Belisle & Olivia Shapely, Sarah Richards & Briana Krone. 268 7th LCC Gallery “Whispers,” through May 25. 4000 E. 30th Lincoln Gallery Artists from OSLP Arts & Culture program & Tropical Contemporary exhibit “Fritos & Cats.” 309 W. 4th Maude Kerns Art Center “Object/Form” by Farley Craig, Sarah Sedwick & Gabriella Soraci. 1668 Willamette MECCA Prints by students of the Network Charter School. 449 Willamette Memento Ink Paintings by Kate Dolan. 525 Main, Spfd Mezza Luna Pizzeria Digital art show by Tom Gettys, through May 31. 933 Pearl Mills International Center “Transcendence” by Cammy Davis, Calen Picks & Chris Foster. UO Hallie Ford Museum “Stilleven: Contemporary Still Life,” works by 27 Pacific Northwest painters. Willamette University, Salem Horsehead Wood designs by Glenn Jones. 99 W. Broadway Nephos Vape Werks Animal portraits by Johnmichael Lahtinen. 126 W. Broadway Hi-Fi “Art Prehistoric” by Hilllo. 44 E. 7th New Zone Gallery “Stage 2” acrylic paintings as well as fine embroidery beadwork by Cenya Eichengreen; “This ‘n’ That,” acrylic abstract paintings created A pril 28, 2016 • eugeneweekly.com Artists looking to apply for the mural project can find an application packet at whiteakercommunitycouncil.org; applications are due by 7 pm Thursday, May 5, to whiteakermurals@gmail.com. For more info on the Whiteaker Community Art Team and the Whiteaker Art Walk, email whiteakermurals@gmail.com or find the Whiteaker Community Art Team group page on Facebook. Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art “From the Heart: The Photographs of Brian Lanker,” through April 28; “Strike a Pose,” through June 5; Works by Francis Bacon, Damien Hirst, Mark Rothko & Peter Paul Rubens on view through June 12; “The Nature of Religion” by Olga Volchkova, through June 13; “Relationship” by Zachary Drucker & Rhys Ernst, through June 26; “Benevolence & Loyalty: Filial Piety in Chinese Art,” through July 31; Korean landscapes, through July 31; “Shaping the Collection,” through Sept. 4. UO Museum of Natural & Cultural History “Strung Together: Beads, People & History”; “The Buzz Saw Sharks of Long Ago”; “Explore Oregon”; “Oregon: Where Past is Present.” UO Jacobs Gallery “Small Pleasures Invitational.” Hult Center mural project for WCAT and a jewelry designer for Jody Coyote. Bush says the chosen artist will begin working May 14 and complete the mural for a grand revealing and celebration June 24, 2016. Bush and a handful of WCAT volunteers are also working to build up the Whiteaker Art Walk, as the Last Friday Art Walk has waned in its organization. WCAT held its first walk, also on the last Friday of each month, in March. “I knew there was a lack with the art walk,” Bush says of Last Fridays, “and I want to see it move forward.” She has been going door-to-door to businesses and artist studios to spread the message and drum up interest for the new art walk. “We want to infuse it with Whiteaker-esque things,” Bush says. “We want it to be more colorful in essence.” WCAT is looking to sign up local celebrities to lead the walk, and the volunteer organization is also looking for more manpower. “It’s work,” Bush says with a laugh. “It takes effort to organize a volunteer group.” ■ ISA FROGS AT WANDERING GOAT w/conventional & unconventional tools by Diane L. Farquhar. 164 W. Broadway Noisette “Doris’ Camera,” photographs taken by Eugene Weekly arts editor Alex V. Cipolle, a culmination of work from the past year, documenting daily life & special events in color film all over Eugene & Oregon . 200 W. Broadway O’Brien Photo Photos by Charles Search, through June 9. 2833 Willamette Odd Fellows Lodge Oil, watercolor & pencil paintings & drawings by Leanne Miller. 342 Main, Spfd Off the Waffle “Plein Air Watercolors” by Paul Bergault & “Pacific Northwest Mythology” by Glenn Jones, through May 31. 840 Willamette Oregon Art Supply “Paintings: A Necessary Language” by Zoe Cohen. 1020 Pearl Oregon Wine LAB Works by Kyle Rudd. 488 Lincoln Out on a Limb Woodblock prints by Richard McConochie. 191 E. Broadway Pacific Rim Art Gallery “Showers of Flowers,” all-member show w/painting, sculpture, glasswork & more. 160 E. Broadway Pacific Sky Exhibitions “Meander” by Patrick Beaulieu & Victoria Stanton. 180 W. 12th Passionflower Design Works by Rachel Dean of Nacone Jewelry. 128 E. Broadway Photography at Oregon “Under the Dark Cloth” by Paul Strand. 1668 Willamette Raven Frameworks “Small Pleasures” by Anne Korn & Terry Way. 325 W. 4th Reality Kitchen Oil paintings by John Olsen. 645 River Red Wagon Creamery “Amorous” by Tianna Thorp. 55 W. Broadway Territorial Wine Co. Works by Nancy Frances Cheeseman. 907 W. 3rd Townshend’s Teahouse “Dream Narratives,” a series of work using painting & collage to create a dream-like narrative by Erin Haldane; “Through Your Hand’s Eye” by Tamika Jimbo. 41 W. Broadway Tronson Gallery Abstract works by Jim Tronson. 740 Main, Spfd UO Museum of Natural & Cultural History “Explore Oregon: 300 Million Years of Northwest Natural History”; “Oregon: Where Past is Present: 10,000-year-old shoes & other wonders.” UO Campus Shadowfox “Shadows of Spring,” a celebration of the astounding natural beauty of the present season. 76 W. Broadway Vistra Framing Photos by Tim Giraudier. 160 E. Broadway Springfield City Hall Works by Wanda Seamser & Emily Proudfoot. 225 5th, Spfd White Lotus Gallery “Ex Libris: The Bookplate Prints of Katsunori Hamanishi,” through April 30. 767 Willamette Springfield Museum Springfield High School Art Exhibit. 590 Main, Spfd Starlight Lounge Works by Kaylee Kotkins, Marisa Silver, Travis Pendlebury & Bret Pendlebury. 830 Olive St. Studio 385 Photography at Oregon screens Ric Burns’ Ansel Adams. 385 W. 2nd The Wayward Lamb Works by Marlis Badalich & Sam Gehrke. 150 W. Broadway Willamalane Adult Activity Center Work by Beverly Egli. 215 W. C, Spfd Wise Turtle Acupuncture “Owl & Rabbit” by Alysse Hennesey. 500 Main, Spfd Yankee Built Works by Emily Proudfoot. 857 Willamette
